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Abia State is a state located in Nigeria, a country in West Africa. It is one of Nigeria's 36 states and plays a role in the country's regional administration and governance.
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- Instance of
- state of Nigeria
- Official name
- Abia
- Country
- Nigeria
- Located in
- Nigeria
- Contains
- Ugwunagbo
- Continent
- Africa
- Capital
- Umuahia
- Official language
- English language
- Population
- 3727347
- Area
- 6320
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Shares border with
- Imo State
- Official website
- abiastate.gov.ng
- Image
- Abia state tower.jpg
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- postal code
- 440001
- Commons category
- Abia State, Nigeria
- topic's main category
- Category:Abia State
- inception
- 1991-08-27
- replaces
- Imo State
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Abia State
- owner of
- Abia Warriors F.C.
- native label
- Abia
- P12749
- Sameiro
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Encyclopedic overview
Abia Listen (Igbo: Alaọha Abia) is a state in the Southeastern region of Nigeria. The state's capital is Umuahia and its most populous city is Aba. The legislature is the Abia State House of Assembly.
One of the smallest states in Nigeria, Abia is bordered to the west by Imo, east by Cross River, south by Rivers, northwest by Anambra and northeast by Enugu and Ebonyi. The state is divided between the Niger Delta swamp forests in the south and the Cross–Niger transition forests. The Imo and Aba Rivers flows along the state's western and southern borders respectively. Known for producing crude oil and natural gas, Abia ranks eighth by Human Development Index since 2019.
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